Combination brassiere and girdle



y 1938. M. DAVIS 2,118,592

COMBINATION BRASSIERE AND GIRDLE Filed Aug. 27, 1936 NVENTDRjgarzfr'merl-flaris Patented May 24,1938

UNITED STATE S PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION imAssmRE AND GIRDLE- MortimerL. Davis, Ncw York, N. Y. Application August 27, 1936. Serial No. 98,168

1 Claim.

' be closed, and the bottom edge of the opening beingprovided withfasteners adapted to coact with the'fasteners upon the brassiere portionof the garment whereby the brassiere may be connected with the girdle ina lowered position. Thus the garment may be adjusted to fit a short ortall sized person. I -Another object of this invention is to associate adiaphragm control or inner belt panel with the girdle in a novel manner.

' For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of thisdisclosure:--

Fig. 1 is a front view of a combination brassire and girdle constructedaccording to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1. i Fig. 3 isafragmentary elevational view lookingin the directionof'the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of the girdle shown in Fig. l. I

. Fig. 5 is a rear perspective view of the reinforcing panel per se.

ing rear portions of the brassire and girdletm gether. The girdle II isformed with a front opening I! spaced from the top. edge thereof. A

means is provided for closing said opening. A

. fastener I5 is associated with the bottom edge of the opening l4 andis adapted to coact with the fasteners I2 which are uponthe br'assirel0, whereby the brassiere may be connected with 5 the girdle, furtherdown.

The brassiere III is provided with the conventional shoulder straps I6.The strap structure I3 comprises. a pair of elastic straps I3"which areattached at their top ends to the rear' por- 10 *tion of the brassiereI0 and which have loop portions at their bottom ends adaptedto engagethe prongs of a fastening element III which is mounted upon the topedge-of'the girdle. Thus the strips l3 may be hooked into position andjust as easily removed. v

The opening I4 is closed by a pair of strips I6 and 5 attachedcompletely along the lengths of the opening I4 preferably by stitches.These strips have coacting snap fastener lelements I1 which may beconnected and disconnected as required. The fasteners I5 are arrangedupon the inner bottom edge portion of the opening I4 so that they may beengaged with the fasteners 12 on the bottom edge of the brassire IIIwhile the opening i4 is in the open position. A covering strip I1 isadapted to engage over and cover the fasteners I5. This covering stripis free at the top and secured by a line of stitches I8 to the materialof the girdle;

A reinforcing panel I9 is associated with the girdle II and is adaptedto be remova'bly mountmaterial 12 is adapted to partially extend over edupon the inner face of the front portion-thereof. This reinforcingpanelI9 is substantially of triangular shape as may be seen by the dottedlines in Fig. 1 and by the detailed Figs. 3 and 5. At the corners thisreinforcing panel is provided with snap fastener elements 20 coactingwith complementary snap fastener elements attached upon the inner faceof the front portion of the. girdle. The reinforcing panel I9 isprovided with several stiffening stays 2| which are securedthereon bycovering strips 2|.

The fasteners 12 comprise a pair of flexiblestrips I2 and I2 secured attheir'outer edges to the adjacent edgesof the brassiere and girdle,and'attheir adjacent edges are provided with interengageable hooks I2controlled by .a conventional slide control I2 A coveririgstrip of thefasteners.

' While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do notlimit myself to theprecz'se constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications com- ,ing within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:---

In a garment comprising in combination a detachable brassiere andgirdle, a row of horizontally disposed fastener elements secured to 10the lower edge of the brassiere, a row 01 horizontally 7V disposedfastener elements secured to the inside of the girdle'below the upperedge thereof, said rows adapted for engagement with each other, saidgirdle having a slit'overlying the last mentioned fastener elements foraccess thereto, and a flap extending from the' upper edge of the .slitand covering said last mentioned fastener elements whereby both sets offastener elements are concealed when the same are engaged.

' MORTIMER L. 'DAVIB.

